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2013-11-20
X-ray time delays in the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 galaxy PG 1244+026
We analyse the X-ray time-lags in the Narrow Line Seyfert 1 (NLS1) galaxy PG 1244+026 ($M_{\rm BH}\sim 10^7 M_{\rm sun}$, $L/L_{\rm Edd}\sim 1$). The time delay between the soft (0.3--0.7~keV) and harder (1.2--4.0~keV) variations shows shows the well established switch from hard lags at low frequencies to soft lags at ...
1311.5165v2
2013-11-21
L4Fe2As2Te1-xO4-yFy (L = Pr, Sm, Gd): a layered oxypnictide superconductor with Tc up to 45 K
The synthesis, structural and physical properties of iron lanthanide oxypnictide superconductors, L4Fe2As2Te1-xO4 (L = Pr, Sm, Gd), with transition temperature at ~ 25 K are reported. Single crystals have been grown at high pressure using cubic anvil technique. The crystal structure consists of layers of L2O2 tetrahedr...
1311.5437v2
2013-11-22
Magnetic phase transitions and superconductivity in strained FeTe
The influence of hydrostatic pressure and ab-plane strain on the magnetic structure of FeTe is investigated from first principles. The results of calculations reveal a phase transition from antiferromagnetic double-stripe ordering at ambient pressure to ferromagnetic ordering at 2 GPa, or under compressive strain reduc...
1311.5732v1
2013-11-22
Coherent emission of $γ$ quanta by synchrotron radiation excited nuclei: geometry of nearly backward scattering
A possibility of further development of Synchrotron M\"{o}ssbauer Source (SMS) of $^{57}$Fe 14.4 keV radiation is considered. The principles and detailed description of the SMS device is given in Refs. Phys. Rev. A 84, 053851 (2011) G. V. Smirnov et al, J. Synchrotron Rad., v. 19, 559 (2012) V. Potapkin et al. The perf...
1311.5771v1
2013-11-24
Temperature and high strain rate dependence of tensile deformation behavior in single crystal iron from dislocation dynamics simulations
We conduct dislocation dynamics (DD) simulations of Fe periodic single crystals under tensile load at several high strain rates and temperatures. The simulations are enabled by the recent development of temperature-dependent dislocation mobility relations obtained from atomistic calculations. The plastic evolution in t...
1311.6173v1
2013-11-26
Field Measurement for Superconducting Magnets of ADS Injector I
The superconducting solenoid magnet prototype for ADS injection-I had been fabricated in Beijing Qihuan Mechanical and Electric Engineer Company and tested in Haerbin Institute of Technology (HIT) in Nov, 2012. Batch magnet production was processed after some major revision from the magnet prototype, they include: remo...
1311.6596v1
2013-11-28
From supernovae to neutron stars
The gravitational collapse, bounce, the explosion of an iron core of an 11.2 $M_{\odot}$ star is simulated by two-dimensional neutrino-radiation hydrodynamic code. The explosion is driven by the neutrino heating aided by multi-dimensional hydrodynamic effects such as the convection. Following the explosion phase, we co...
1311.7249v2
2013-12-01
Chemical Bonding in Aqueous Ferrocyanide: Experimental and Theoretical X-ray Spectroscopic Study
Resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) and X-ray absorption (XA) experiments at the iron L- and nitrogen K-edge are combined with high-level first principles restricted active space self-consistent field (RASSCF) calculations for a systematic investigation of the nature of the chemical bond in potassium ferrocyanid...
1312.0236v1
2013-12-04
Ray-tracing in pseudo-complex General Relativity
Motivated by possible observations of the black hole candidate in the center of our galaxy and the galaxy M87, ray-tracing methods are applied to both standard General Relativity (GR) and a recently proposed extension, the pseudo-complex General Relativity (pc-GR). The correction terms due to the investigated pc-GR mod...
1312.1170v2
2013-12-09
Point contact spectroscopy in Fe-based superconductors: recent advancements and future challenges
Iron-based superconductors (FeSC) present an unprecedented variety of features both in the superconducting and in the normal state. Different families differ in the value of the critical temperature, in the shape of the Fermi surface, in the existence or absence of quasi-nesting conditions, in the range of doping in wh...
1312.2527v1
2013-12-10
On the origin of variable structures in the winds of hot luminous stars
Examination of the temporal variability properties of several strong optical recombination lines in a large sample of Galactic Wolf-Rayet (WR) stars reveals possible trends, especially in the more homogeneous WC than the diverse WN subtypes, of increasing wind variability with cooler subtypes. This could imply that a s...
1312.2864v1
2013-12-10
Spectrum splitting of bimagnon excitations in a spatially frustrated Heisenberg antiferromagnet revealed by resonant inelastic x-ray scattering
We perform a comprehensive analysis of the bimagnon resonant inelastic x-ray scattering (RIXS) intensity spectra of the spatially frustrated Jx-Jy-J2 Heisenberg model on a square lattice in both the antiferromagnetic and the collinear antiferromagnetic phase. We study the model for strong frustration and significant sp...
1312.2876v2
2013-12-12
Impact of electronic correlations on the equation of state and transport in $ε$-Fe
We have obtained the equilibrium volumes, bulk moduli, equations of state of the ferromagnetic cubic $\alpha$ and paramagnetic hexagonal $\epsilon$ phases of iron in close agreement with experiment using an ab initio dynamical mean-field theory approach. The local dynamical correlations are shown to be crucial for a su...
1312.3654v1
2013-12-13
Phosphorus in the Young Supernova Remnant Cassiopeia A
Phosphorus ($^{31}$P), which is essential for life, is thought to be synthesized in massive stars and dispersed into interstellar space when these stars explode as supernovae (SNe). Here we report on near-infrared spectroscopic observations of the young SN remnant Cassiopeia A, which show that the abundance ratio of ph...
1312.3807v1
2013-12-16
Optical conductivity of nodal metals
Fermi liquid theory is remarkably successful in describing the transport and optical properties of metals; at frequencies higher than the scattering rate, the optical conductivity adopts the well-known power law behavior $\sigma_1(\omega) \propto \omega^{-2}$. We have observed an unusual non-Fermi liquid response $\sig...
1312.4466v1
2013-12-20
Ultrafast modulation of the chemical potential in BaFe$_2$As$_2$ by coherent phonons
Time- and angle-resolved extreme ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy is used to study the electronic structure dynamics in BaFe$_2$As$_2$ around the high-symmetry points $\Gamma$ and $M$. A global oscillation of the Fermi level at the frequency of the $A_{1g}$(As) phonon mode is observed. It is argued that this beha...
1312.6025v1
2013-12-23
Heat capacity jump at T_c and pressure derivatives of superconducting transition temperature in the Ba(1-x)NaxFe2As2 (0.1 <= x <= 0.9) series
We present the evolution of the initial (up to ~ 10 kbar) hydrostatic, pressure dependencies of T_c and of the ambient pressure jump in the heat capacity associated with the superconducting transition as a function of Na - doping in the Ba(1-x)NaxFe2As2 family of iron-based superconductors. For Na concentrations 0.15 <...
1312.6705v1
2014-01-07
The polluted atmospheres of cool white dwarfs and the magnetic field connection
We present an analysis of X-Shooter spectra of the polluted hydrogen-rich white dwarfs (DAZ) NLTT 888 and NLTT 53908. The spectra of NLTT 53908 show strong, Zeeman-split calcium lines (CaII H&K and Ca I $\lambda 4226$) and the star appears to be a close relative of the polluted magnetic white dwarf (DAZH) NLTT 10480, w...
1401.1249v1
2014-01-10
The Iron K Line Profile of IRAS 18325-5926
IRAS 18325-5926 is an X-ray bright, Compton-thin, type-2 Seyfert galaxy and it was the first Seyfert 2 in which the presence of a broad Fe K-alpha emission line was claimed. However, although the structure of the Fe line appears broad, there is tentative evidence that it may comprise multiple lines. Nevertheless, previ...
1401.2420v1
2014-01-14
Ipopv2: Photoionization of Ni XIV -- a test case
Several years ago, M. Asplund and coauthors (2004) proposed a revision of the Solar composition. The use of this new prescription for Solar abundances in standard stellar models generated a strong disagreement between the predictions and the observations of Solar observables. Many claimed that the Standard Solar Model ...
1401.3122v1
2014-01-16
Terzan 5: a pristine fragment of the Galactic Bulge?
Terzan 5 is a stellar system located in the inner Bulge of the Galaxy and has been historically catalogued as a globular cluster. However, recent photometric (Ferraro et al. 2009) and spectroscopic (Origlia et al. 2011; Origlia et al. 2013) investigations have shown that it hosts at least three stellar populations with...
1401.3962v1
2014-01-20
Total and Partial Fragmentation Cross-Section of 500 MeV/nucleon Carbon Ions on Different Target Materials
By using an experimental setup based on thin and thick double-sided microstrip silicon detectors, it has been possible to identify the fragmentation products due to the interaction of very high energy primary ions on different targets. Here we report total and partial cross-sections measured at GSI (Gesellschaft fur Sc...
1401.4897v1
2014-01-21
Tunable VUV laser based spectrometer for Angle Resolved Photoemission Spectroscopy (ARPES)
We have developed an angle-resolved photoemission spectrometer with tunable VUV laser as a photon source. The photon source is based on the fourth harmonic generation of a near IR beam from a Ti:sapphire laser pumped by a CW green laser and tunable between 5.3eV and 7eV. The most important part of the set-up is a compa...
1401.5404v1
2014-01-21
Dramatic Changes in the Electronic Structure Upon Transition to the Collapsed Tetragonal Phase in CaFe2As2
We use angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations to study the electronic structure of CaFe$_2$As$_2$ in previously unexplored collapsed tetragonal (CT) phase. This unusual phase of the iron arsenic high temperature superconductors was hard to measure as it exists...
1401.5416v1
2014-01-22
The effect of exceptionally high fluorine doping on the anisotropy of single crystalline SmFeAsO1-xFx
We succeeded in growing single crystalline SmFeAsO1-xFx with exceptionally high fluorine concentration by using a CsCl flux method. Comparing to conventional flux methods, this method can introduce about double the amount of fluorine into the oxygen site. The obtained single crystal shows the highest superconducting tr...
1401.5611v2
2014-01-28
Phase Transformation Dynamics in Porous Battery Electrodes
Porous electrodes composed of multiphase active materials are widely used in Li-ion batteries, but their dynamics are poorly understood. Two-phase models are largely empirical, and no models exist for three or more phases. Using a modified porous electrode theory based on non-equilibrium thermodynamics, we show that ex...
1401.7072v2
2014-01-29
The poisoning effect of Mn in LaFe(1-x)Mn(x)AsO(0.89)F(0.11): unveiling a quantum critical point in the phase diagram of iron-based superconductors
A superconducting-to-magnetic transition is reported for LaFe$_{1-x}$Mn$_x$AsO$_{0.89}$F$_{0.11}$ where a per thousand amount of Mn impurities is dispersed. By employing local spectroscopic techniques like muon spin rotation (muSR) and nuclear quadrupole resonance (NQR) on compounds with Mn contents ranging from x=0.02...
1401.7576v1
2014-01-30
Electronic structure of BaNi$_2$P$_2$ observed by angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy
We have performed an angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) study of BaNi$_2$P$_2$ which shows a superconducting transition at $T_c$ $\sim$ 2.5 K. We observed hole and electron Fermi surfaces (FSs) around the Brillouin zone center and corner, respectively, and the shapes of the hole FSs dramatically changed ...
1401.7897v2
2014-01-31
A global cloud map of the nearest known brown dwarf
Brown dwarfs -- substellar bodies more massive than planets but not massive enough to initiate the sustained hydrogen fusion that powers self-luminous stars -- are born hot and slowly cool as they age. As they cool below about 2,300 K, liquid or crystalline particles composed of calcium aluminates, silicates and iron c...
1401.8145v1
2014-02-01
Phase stability and Nucleation effect upon Iron addition to SmCo5 bulk magnets
Change in structure and magnetic properties of SmCo5-xFex permanent magnets for different values of x ranging from 0 to 2 have been studied. Structural investigation from X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns confirms the hexagonal CaCu5-type structure of the SmCo5-xFex ribbons for 0<x<2. The decrease in angular position of...
1402.0138v1
2014-02-03
Hemispherical Parker waves driven by thermal shear in planetary dynamos
Planetary and stellar magnetic fields are thought to be sustained by helical motions ($\alpha$-effect) and, if present, differential rotation ($\Omega$-effect). In the Sun, the strong differential rotation in the tachocline is responsible for an efficient $\Omega$-effect creating a strong axisymmetric azimuthal magneti...
1402.0343v1
2014-02-06
Temperature-induced Change in the Fermi Surface Topology in the Spin Density Wave Phase of Sr(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$
We report electronic Raman scattering measurements of Sr(Fe$_{1-x}$Co$_x$)$_2$As$_2$ single crystals in their magnetic - Spin Density Wave (SDW) phase. The spectra display multiple, polarization-resolved SDW gaps as expected in a band-folding itinerant picture for a multiband system. The temperature dependence of the S...
1402.1422v2
2014-02-07
Signatures of superconducting and pseudogap phases in ultrafast transient reflectivity of Ca(Fe0.927Co0.073)2As2
We present femtosecond time-resolved pump-probe spectroscopic studies of a pseudogap (PG) along with the superconducting (SC) gap in an overdoped iron pnictide Ca(Fe0.927Co0.073)2As2. It is seen that the temperature evolution of the photoexcited quasiparticle (QP) relaxation dynamics, coherently excited A1g-symmetric o...
1402.1627v1
2014-02-07
Suzaku Discovery of Fe K-Shell Line from the O-Rich SNR G292.0+1.8
We report the Suzaku/XIS results of the Galactic oxygen-rich supernova remnant (SNR), G292.0+1.8, a remnant of a core-collapse supernova. The X-ray spectrum of G292.0+1.8 consists of two type plasmas, one is in collisional ionization equilibrium (CIE) and the other is in non-equilibrium ionization (NEI). The CIE plasma...
1402.1633v1
2014-02-12
Electron Impact Ionization of Stored Highly Charged Ions
Accurate cross section data for electron impact ionization (EII) are needed in order to interpret the spectra of collisionally ionized plasmas both in astrophysics and in the laboratory. Models and spectroscopic diagnostics of such plasmas rely on accurate ionization balance calculations, which depend, in turn, on the ...
1402.2964v1
2014-02-21
Enhancement of Superconducting Transition Temperature Due to Antiferromagnetic Spin Fluctuations in Iron-pnictides LaFe(As_{1-x}P_x)(O_{1-y}F_y) : 31P-NMR Studies
Systematic P-NMR studies on LaFe(As_{1-x}P_x)(O_{1-y}F_y) with y=0.05 and 0.1 have revealed that the antiferromagnetic spin fluctuations (AFMSFs) at low energies are markedly enhanced around x=0.6 and 0.4, respectively, and as a result, Tc exhibits respective peaks at 24 K and 27 K against the P-substitution for As. Th...
1402.5220v1
2014-03-02
Transport in multiband systems with hot spots on the Fermi surface: Forward-scattering corrections
Multiband models with hot spots are of current interest partly because of their relevance for the iron-based superconductors. In these materials, the momentum-dependent scattering off spin fluctuations and the ellipticity of the electron Fermi pockets are responsible for anisotropy of the lifetimes of excitations aroun...
1403.0144v2
2014-03-02
Heat transport in RbFe2As2 single crystal: evidence for nodal superconducting gap
The in-plane thermal conductivity of iron-based superconductor RbFe$_2$As$_2$ single crystal ($T_c \approx$ 2.1 K) was measured down to 100 mK. In zero field, the observation of a significant residual linear term $\kappa_0/T$ = 0.65 mW K$^{-2}$ cm$^{-1}$ provides clear evidence for nodal superdonducting gap. The field ...
1403.0191v3
2014-03-02
Nodeless superconducting gaps in Ca$_{10}$(Pt$_{4-δ}$As$_8$)((Fe$_{1-x}$Pt$_{x}$)$_2$As$_2$)$_5$ probed by quasiparticle heat transport
The in-plane thermal conductivity of iron-based superconductor Ca$_{10}$(Pt$_{4-\delta}$As$_8$)((Fe$_{1-x}$Pt$_{x}$)$_2$As$_2$)$_5$ single crystal (``10-4-8", $T_c$ = 22 K) was measured down to 80 mK. In zero field, the residual linear term $\kappa_0/T$ is negligible, suggesting nodeless superconducting gaps in this mu...
1403.0194v1
2014-03-04
Tunnel diode oscillator measurements of the upper critical magnetic field of FeTe0:5Se0:5
Temperature dependence of the upper critical magnetic field (Hc2) of single crystalline FeTe0.5Se0.5 (Tc = 14.5 K) have been determined by tunnel diode oscillator-based measurements in magnetic fields of up to 55 T and temperatures down to 1.6 K. The Werthamer-Helfand-Hohenberg model accounts for the data for magnetic ...
1403.0844v1
2014-03-05
Design and demonstration of a quasi-monoenergetic neutron source
The design of a neutron source capable of producing 24 and 70 keV neutron beams with narrow energy spread is presented. The source exploits near-threshold kinematics of the $^{7}$Li(p,n)$^{7}$Be reaction while taking advantage of the interference `notches' found in the scattering cross-sections of iron. The design was ...
1403.1285v2
2014-03-08
High critical-current density with less anisotropy in BaFe2(As,P)2 epitaxial thin films: Effect of intentionally grown c-axis vortex-pinning centers
We report herein a high and isotropic critical-current density Jc for BaFe2(As,P)2 epitaxial films. The isotropy of Jc with respect to the magnetic-field direction was improved significantly by decreasing the film growth rate to 2.2 {\AA}/s. The low growth rate served to preferentially align dislocations along the c-ax...
1403.1947v2
2014-03-08
Challenges in nucleosynthesis of trans-iron elements
Nucleosynthesis beyond Fe poses additional challenges not encountered when studying astrophysical processes involving light nuclei. Astrophysical sites and conditions are not well known for some of the processes involved. On the nuclear physics side, different approaches are required, both in theory and experiment. The...
1403.2015v1
2014-03-11
Chemical abundance analysis of symbiotic giants. I. RW Hya and SY Mus
The study of symbiotic systems is of considerable importance in our understanding of binary system stellar evolution in systems where mass loss or transfer takes place. Elemental abundances are of special significance since they can be used to track mass exchange. However, there are few symbiotic giants for which the a...
1403.2659v1
2014-03-22
Neutron Reactions in Astrophysics
The quest for the origin of matter in the Universe had been the subject of philosophical and theological debates over the history of mankind, but quantitative answers could be found only by the scientific achievements of the last century. A first important step on this way was the development of spectral analysis by Ki...
1403.5670v1
2014-03-24
Dust formation in macronovae
We examine dust formation in macronovae (as known as kilonovae), which are the bright ejecta of neutron star binary mergers and one of the leading sites of r-process nucleosynthesis. We find that dust grains of r-process elements are difficult to form because of the low number density of the r-process atoms, while carb...
1403.5872v2
2014-03-26
Photoconductivity and photo-detection response of multiferroic bismuth iron oxide
We report visible light detection with in-plane BiFeO3 (BFO) thin films grown on pre-patterned inter-digital electrodes. In-plane configured BFO film displayed photocurrents with a 40:1 photo-to-dark-current ratio and improved photo-sensing ability for >15000 s (4 hrs) under small bias voltage (42V). Nearly sixty perce...
1403.6748v1
2014-03-26
Simulating a two-dimensional frustrated spin system with fermionic resonating-valence-bond states
The frustrated Heisenberg $J_{1}-J_{2}$ model on a square lattice is numerically investigated by variational Monte Carlo simulations. We propose a antiferromagnetic fermion resonating-valence-bond (AF-fRVB) state that has ability to examine the entire phase diagram in the $J_{1}-J_{2}$ model. Two phase transition point...
1403.6879v1
2014-03-30
Scattering of electron vortex beams on a magnetic crystal: towards atomic resolution magnetic measurements
Use of electron vortex beams (EVB), that is convergent electron beams carrying an orbital angular momentum (OAM), is a novel development in the field of transmission electron microscopy. They should allow measurement of element-specific magnetic properties of thin crystals using electron magnetic circular dichroism (EM...
1403.7730v1
2014-03-31
Strain effects on electronic structure and superconductivity in the iron telluride
The influence of tensile strain in the ab-plane on crystal and electronic structure of FeTe has been studied ab initio. In superconducting FeSe the Fermi surface nesting with a vector q~(0.5,0.5)(2\pi /a) is believed to be crucial for rising superconductivity mediated by spin-fluctuations. The results presented here in...
1403.8005v2
2014-04-02
Spurious peaks arising from multiple scattering events involving cryostat walls in inelastic neutron scattering
Well defined peaks with energies of about 18 meV have been observed in a variety of inelastic neutron scattering experiments on single crystals as well as on powders of iron-based superconductors and their parent compounds using either the triple-axis or the time-of-flight technique. They can easily be mistaken for sig...
1404.0522v2
2014-04-03
Charge Transfer Kinetics at the Solid-Solid Interface in Porous Electrodes
Interfacial charge transfer is widely assumed to obey Butler-Volmer kinetics. For certain liquid-solid interfaces, Marcus-Hush-Chidsey theory is more accurate and predictive, but it has not been applied to porous electrodes. Here we report a simple method to extract the charge transfer rates in carbon-coated LiFePO4 po...
1404.0859v1
2014-04-03
Fermi-Surface Reconstruction and Complex Phase Equilibria in CaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$
Fermi-surface topology governs the relationship between magnetism and superconductivity in iron-based materials. Using low-temperature transport, angle-resolved photoemission, and x-ray diffraction we show unambiguous evidence of large Fermi surface reconstruction in CaFe$_{2}$As$_{2}$ at magnetic spin-density-wave and...
1404.1095v1
2014-04-07
Fingerprints of Galactic Loop I on the Cosmic Microwave Background
We investigate possible imprints of galactic foreground structures such as the "radio loops" in the derived maps of the cosmic microwave background. Surprisingly there is evidence for these not only at radio frequencies through their synchrotron radiation, but also at microwave frequencies where emission by dust domina...
1404.1899v3
2014-04-09
Zinc abundances of planetary nebulae
Zinc is a useful surrogate element for measuring Fe/H as, unlike iron, it is not depleted in the gas phase media. Zn/H and O/Zn ratios have been derived using the [Zn IV] emission line at 3.625um for a sample of nine Galactic planetary nebulae, seven of which are based upon new observations using the VLT. Based on phot...
1404.2524v1
2014-04-10
Synthesis and physical properties of Ca1-xRExFeAs2 with RE = La ~ Gd
Synthesis of a series of layered iron arsenides Ca1-xRExFeAs2 (112) was attempted by heating at 1000 C under a high-pressure of 2 GPa. The 112 phase successfully forms with RE = La, Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd, while Tb, Dy and Ho substituted and RE free samples does not contain the 112 phase. The Ce, Nd, Sm, Eu and Gd doped...
1404.2738v1
2014-04-24
Superconductivity driven by the screening of long-distance Coulomb interaction
The pair-fluctuation contribution reduces the electrostatic screening length in superconductivity as compared to the normal state. When a conductor possesses a static background charge distribution, superconductivity arises even in the absence of an explicit pairing interaction, such that the Coulomb repulsion is reduc...
1404.6292v1
2014-04-25
An all-electrical torque differential magnetometer operating under ambient conditions
An all-electrical torque differential magnetometry (also known as cantilever magnetometry) setup employing piezoelectric quartz tuning forks is demonstrated. The magnetometer can be operated under ambient conditions as well as low temperatures and pressures. It extends the allowed specimen mass range up to several 10 $...
1404.6341v2
2014-05-02
Spectral line broadening in magnetized black holes
We consider weakly magnetized non-rotating black holes. In the presence of a regular magnetic field the motion of charged particles in the vicinity of a black hole is modified. As a result, the position of the innermost stable circular orbit (ISCO) becomes closer to the horizon. When the Lorentz force is repulsive (dir...
1405.0510v3
2014-05-06
Evolution from incoherent to coherent electronic states and its implications to superconductivity in FeTe1-xSex
We have performed systematic angle-resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) of iron-chalcogenide superconductor FeTe1-xSex to elucidate the electronic states relevant to the superconductivity. While the Fermi-surface shape is nearly independent of x, we found that the ARPES spectral line shape shows prominent x depe...
1405.1172v1
2014-05-05
Mathematical Modeling on Open Limestone Channel
Acid mine drainage (AMD) is the outflow of acidic water from metal mines or coal mines. When exposed to air and water, metal sulfides from the deposits of the mines are oxidized and produce acid, metal ions and sulfate, which lower the pH value of the water. An open limestone channel (OLC) is a passive and low cost way...
1405.1338v1
2014-05-08
Effect of nominal substitution of transition metals for excess Fe in Fe_{1+x}Se superconductor
Taking cue from the increase in the superconducting transition temperature (Tc) of Fe1+xSe via nominal (2 wt%) substitution of Cr instead of excess Fe, we have now extended our study with nominal substitution (<=5 wt%) with other transition metals (Ni, Co, Fe, Mn, Cr, V and Ti) in place of excess iron. The Tc is found ...
1405.2050v3
2014-05-13
Magnetism and superconductivity in Sr$_2$VFeAsO$_3$ revealed by $^{75}$As- and $^{51}$V-NMR under elevated pressures
We report $^{75}$As- and $^{51}$V-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements on the iron-based superconductor Sr$_2$VFeAsO$_3$ with alternating stacks structure. We find that the $^{75}$As nuclear spin-spin relaxation rate ($1/T_2$) shows a pronounced peak at $T_N$ = 165 K, below which the resonance peak shifts to a...
1405.3048v1
2014-05-15
Nuclear Target Cross Section Ratios at MINERvA
Measurements of $\nu_{\mu}$ inclusive charged-current cross section ratios on carbon, iron, and lead relative to scintillator are presented. Data for the analysis were collected by the fine-grained MINERvA detector in the NuMI beamline at Fermilab. This is the first direct measurement of nuclear dependence in neutrino ...
1405.3960v1
2014-05-19
Neutron Scattering Measurements of Spatially Anisotropic Magnetic Exchange Interactions in Semiconducting K0.85Fe1.54Se2 (TN=280 K)
We use neutron scattering to study the spin excitations associated with the stripe antiferromagnetic (AFM) order in semiconducting K$_{0.85}$Fe$_{1.54}$Se$_2$ ($T_N$=$280$ K). We show that the spin wave spectra can be accurately described by an effective Heisenberg Hamiltonian with highly anisotropic in-plane couplings...
1405.4737v1
2014-05-19
Multiferroic Iron Oxide Thin Films at Room-Temperature
In spite of being highly relevant for the development of a new generation of information storage devices, not many single-phase materials displaying magnetic and ferroelectric orders above room temperature are known. Moreover, these uncommon materials typically display insignificant values of the remanent moment in one...
1405.4909v1
2014-05-22
Layered water Cherenkov detector for the study of ultra high energy cosmic rays
We present a new design for the water Cherenkov detectors that are in use in various cosmic ray observatories. This novel design can provide a significant improvement in the independent measurement of the muonic and electromagnetic component of extensive air showers. From such multi-component data an event by event cla...
1405.5699v1
2014-05-25
Theory of Point Contact Spectroscopy in Correlated Materials
We develop a microscopic theory for the point-contact conductance between a metalic electrode and a strongly correlated material using the non-equilibrium Schwinger-Kadanoff-Baym-Keldysh formalism. We explicitly show that in the classical limit, contact size shorter than the scattering length of the system, the microsc...
1405.6357v2
2014-05-25
CaFeAs$_2$: a Staggered Intercalation of Quantum Spin Hall and High Temperature Superconductivity
We predict that CaFeAs$_2$, a newly discovered iron-based high temperature (T$_c$) superconductor, is a staggered intercalation compound that integrates topological quantum spin hall (QSH) and superconductivity (SC). CaFeAs$_2$ has a structure with staggered CaAs and FeAs layers. While the FeAs layers are known to be r...
1405.6401v2
2014-05-28
Contactless measurement of nonlinear conductivity in the radio-frequency range
We have developed a system for contactless measurement of nonlinear conductivity in the radio-frequency band, and over a wide temperature range. A non-resonant circuit is used to electrically excite the sample, and the induced signal is detected by a resonant circuit whose natural frequency matches higher harmonics of ...
1405.7282v1
2014-05-31
Point contact spectroscopy in the superconducting and normal state of $\mathrm{NaFe_{1-\textit{x}}Co_\textit{x}As}$
We use point contact spectroscopy to probe the superconducting and normal state properties of the iron-based superconductor $\rm{NaFe_{1-\textit{x}}Co_{\textit{x}}As}$ with $\rm{\textit{x} = 0, 0.02, 0.06}$. Andreev spectra corresponding to multiple superconducting gaps are detected in the superconducting phase. For $\...
1406.0038v1
2014-06-01
Hydrogen-Activation Mechanism of [Fe] Hydrogenase Revealed by Multi-Scale Modeling
When investigating the mode of hydrogen activation by [Fe] hydrogenases, not only the chemical reactivity at the active site is of importance but also the large-scale conformational change between the so-called open and closed conformations, which leads to a special spatial arrangement of substrate and iron cofactor. T...
1406.0166v1
2014-06-04
Observation of strong electron pairing on bands without Fermi surfaces in LiFe1-xCoxAs
In conventional BCS superconductors, the quantum condensation of superconducting electron pairs is understood as a Fermi surface (FS) instability, in which the low-energy electrons are paired by attractive interactions. Whether this explanation is still valid in high-Tc superconductors such as cuprates and iron-based s...
1406.0983v2
2014-06-04
Anomalous Nernst and Hall effects in magnetized platinum and palladium
We study the anomalous Nernst effect (ANE) and anomalous Hall effect (AHE) in proximity-induced ferromagnetic palladium and platinum which is widely used in spintronics, within the Berry phase formalism based on the relativistic band structure calculations. We find that both the anomalous Hall ($\sigma_{xy}^A$) and Ner...
1406.1029v1
2014-06-09
Magnetic and orbital instabilities in a lattice of SU(4) organometallic Kondo complexes
Motivated by experiments of scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) on self-assembled networks of iron(II)-phtalocyanine (FePc) molecules deposited on a clean Au(111) surface [FePc/Au(111)] and its explanation in terms of the extension of the impurity SU(4) Anderson model to the lattice in the Kondo regime, we study the ...
1406.2347v1
2014-06-11
ARPES experiment in fermiology of quasi-2D metals (Review Article)
Angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy (ARPES) enables direct observation of the Fermi surface and underlying electronic structure of crystals---the basic concepts to describe all the electronic properties of solids and to understand the key electronic interactions involved. The method is the most effective to study...
1406.2948v1
2014-06-14
Critical Behavior of the SDW Transition in Underdoped Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 (x <=0.05): 75As NMR Investigation
We investigate the nature of the SDW (Spin Density Wave) transition in the underdoped regime of an iron-based high Tc superconductor Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 by 75As NMR, with primary focus on a composition with x = 0.02 (T_SDW = 99 K).We demonstrate that critical slowing down toward the three dimensional SDW transition sets i...
1406.3734v1
2014-06-16
Search for Magnetic Monopole using ICAL at INO
Sub-relativistic magnetic monopoles are predicted from the GUT era by theory. To date there have been no confirmed observations of such exotic particles. The Iron CALorimeter (ICAL) at India-based Neutrino Observatory (INO) aims to measure the neutrino oscillation parameters precisely. As it is a tracking detector ther...
1406.3938v1
2014-06-16
An air-cooled Litz wire coil for measuring the high frequency hysteresis loops of magnetic samples : a useful setup for magnetic hyperthermia applications
A low-cost and simple setup for measuring the high-frequency hysteresis loops of magnetic samples is described. An AMF in the range 6-100 kHz with amplitude up to 80 mT is produced by a Litz wire coil. The latter is air-cooled using a forced-air approach so no water flow is required to run the setup. High-frequency hys...
1406.4013v1
2014-06-16
Infrared dichroism of gold nanorods controlled using a magnetically addressable mesophase
Gold nanorods have unique optical properties, which make them promising candidates for building nano-structured materials using a "bottom-up" strategy. We formulate stable bulk materials with anisotropic optical properties by inserting gold and iron oxide nanorods within a lamellar mesophase. Quantitative measurements ...
1406.4014v1
2014-06-21
The Deaths of Very Massive Stars
The theory underlying the evolution and death of stars heavier than 10 Msun on the main sequence is reviewed with an emphasis upon stars much heavier than 30 Msun. These are stars that, in the absence of substantial mass loss, are expected to either produce black holes when they die, or, for helium cores heavier than a...
1406.5657v1
2014-06-22
Variation of the X-ray non-thermal emission in the Arches cloud
The origin of the iron fluorescent line at 6.4 keV from an extended region surrounding the Arches cluster is debated and the non-variability of this emission up to 2009 has favored the low-energy cosmic-ray origin over a possible irradiation by hard X-rays. By probing the variability of the Arches cloud non-thermal emi...
1406.5727v1
2014-06-22
Putnam looks at quantum mechanics (again and again)
Hilary Putnam (1965, 2005) has argued that from a realist perspective, quantum mechanics stands in need of an interpretation. Ironically, this hypothesis may appear vulnerable against arguments drawing on Putnam's own work. Nancy Cartwright (2005) has urged that his 1962 essay on the meaning of theoretical terms sugges...
1406.5737v1
2014-06-23
Phonon Anomalies, Orbital-Ordering and Electronic Raman Scattering in iron-pnictide Ca(Fe0.97Co0.03)2As2: Temperature-dependent Raman Study
We report inelastic light scattering studies on Ca(Fe0.97Co0.03)2As2 in a wide spectral range of 120-5200 cm-1 from 5K to 300K, covering the tetragonal to orthorhombic structural transition as well as magnetic transition at Tsm ~ 160K. The mode frequencies of two first-order Raman modes B1g and Eg, both involving displ...
1406.5844v1
2014-06-30
Interplay of magnetism and superconductivity in EuFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_{x}$)$_{2}$ single crystals probed by muon spin rotation and ${}^{57}$Fe Mössbauer spectroscopy
We present our results of a local probe study on EuFe$_{2}$(As$_{1-x}$P$_{x}$)$_{2}$ single crystals with $x$=0.13, 0.19 and 0.28 by means of muon spin rotation and ${}^{57}$Fe M\"ossbauer spectroscopy. We focus our discussion on the sample with $x$=0.19 viz. at the optimal substitution level, where bulk superconductiv...
1406.7715v1
2014-06-30
Theoretical Analysis of Bayesian Optimisation with Unknown Gaussian Process Hyper-Parameters
Bayesian optimisation has gained great popularity as a tool for optimising the parameters of machine learning algorithms and models. Somewhat ironically, setting up the hyper-parameters of Bayesian optimisation methods is notoriously hard. While reasonable practical solutions have been advanced, they can often fail to ...
1406.7758v1
2014-07-01
Emergent defect states as a source of resistivity anisotropy in the nematic phase of iron pnictides
We consider the role of potential scatterers in the nematic phase of Fe-based superconductors above the transition temperature to the (pi,0) magnetic state but below the orthorhombic structural transition. The anisotropic spin fluctuations in this region can be frozen by disorder, to create elongated magnetic droplets ...
1407.0117v1
2014-07-01
Anomalous ideal tensile strength of ferromagnetic Fe and Fe-rich alloys
Within the same failure mode, iron has the lowest ideal tensile strength among the transition metals crystallizing in the body-centered cubic structure. Here, we demonstrate that this anomalously low strength of Fe originates partly from magnetism and is reflected in unexpected alloying effects in dilute Fe(\emph{M}) (...
1407.0289v1
2014-07-03
The electronic structure of Co-substituted $\textrm{Fe}\textrm{Se}$ superconductor probed by soft X-ray spectroscopy and density functional theory
We study the crystalline and electronic properties of the $\textrm{Fe}_{1-x}\textrm{Co}_x\textrm{Se}$ system ($x=0$, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, and 1.0) using X-ray diffraction, X-ray spectroscopy and density functional theory. We show that the introduction of Co $3d$ states in FeSe relaxes the bond strengths and induces a struc...
1407.0746v1
2014-07-03
A Tale of Three Galaxies: Anomalous Dust Properties in IRASF10398+1455, IRASF21013-0739 and SDSSJ0808+3948
On a galactic scale the 9.7um silicate emission is usually only seen in type 1 active galactic nuclei (AGNs). They usually also display a flat emission continuum at ~5--8um and the absence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) emission bands. In contrast, starburst galaxies, luminous infrared (IR) galaxies (LIRGs), ...
1407.0914v3
2014-07-03
Superconductivity by rare earth doping in the 1038-type compounds (Ca$_{1-x}$RE$_x$)$_{10}$(FeAs)$_{10}$(Pt$_3$As$_8$) with RE = Y, La-Nd, Sm-Lu
We report superconductivity in polycrystalline samples of the 1038-type compounds (Ca$_{1-x}$RE$_x$)$_{10}$(FeAs)$_{10}$(Pt$_3$As$_8$) up to T$_c$ = 35 K with RE = Y, La-Nd, Sm, Gd-Lu. The critical temperatures are independent of the trivalent rare earth element used, yielding an universal T$_c$($x$) phase diagram for ...
1407.1007v1
2014-07-05
Self-organized electronic superlattices in layered materials
We show that in layered systems with electronic phase separation tendency, the long-range Coulomb interaction can drive the spontaneous formation of unidirectional superlattices of electronic charge in a completely homogeneous crystalline background. In this self-organized electronic heterostructure, the ratio among th...
1407.1378v1
2014-07-10
NMR investigation of spin correlations in BaCo2As2
We use NMR techniques to investigate the magnetic properties of BaCo2As2 single crystals, the non-superconducting end member of the Co-substituted iron-pnictide high Tc superconductor Ba(Fe1-xCox)2As2 with x = 1. We present 75As NMR evidence for enhancement of low frequency spin fluctuations below ~ 100 K. This enhance...
1407.2750v1
2014-07-13
Accurate bare susceptibilities from full-potential $\textit{ab initio}$ calculations
Electronic susceptibilities are a very popular tool to study electronic and magnetic properties of materials, both in experiment and theory. Unfortunately, the numerical evaluation of even the bare susceptibility, which depends on the computation of matrix elements and sums over energy bands, is very work-intensive and...
1407.3444v2
2014-07-14
Observation of pseudogap-like feature above Tc in LiFeAs and (Ba0.6K0.4)Fe2As2 by ultrafast optical measurement
We utilize ultrafast optical measurement to study the quasiparticle relaxation in stoichiometric LiFeAs and nearly optimally doped (BaK)Fe2As2 crystals. According to our temperature-dependent studies of LiFeAs, we have observed pseudogap-like feature at onset temperature of ~ 55 K, which is above Tc = 15 K. In addition...
1407.3539v1
2014-07-16
The Effect of Doppler Broadening on the $6.3 \ PeV$ $W^-$ Resonance in $\barν_e e^-$ Collisions
We calculate the Doppler broadening of the $W^-$ resonance produced in $\bar{\nu}_e e^-$ collisions of cosmic anti-neutrinos with $E_{\nu}\approx 6.3 \ PeV$ with electrons in atoms up to Iron. Revisiting this issue is prompted by recent observations of PeV neutrinos by Ice-Cube. Despite its poor energy resolution, the ...
1407.4415v1
2014-07-17
Spatial ordering of nano-dislocation loops in ion-irradiated materials
Defect microstructures formed in ion-irradiated metals, for example iron or tungsten, often exhibit patterns of spatially ordered nano-scale dislocation loops. We show that such ordered dislocation loop structures may form spontaneously as a result of Brownian motion of loops, biased by the angular-dependent elastic in...
1407.4683v1
2014-07-18
Estimating R-Process Yields from Abundances of the Metal-Poor Stars
The chemical abundances of metal-poor stars provide important clues to explore stellar formation history and set significant constraints on models of the r-process. In this work, we find that the abundance patterns of the light and iron group elements of the main r-process stars are very close to those of the weak r-pr...
1407.4878v1
2014-07-22
Orbital Selective Mott Transition Induced by Orbitals with Distinct Noninteracting Densities of States
By applying dynamical mean-field theory in combination with exact diagonalization at zero temperature to a half-filled Hubbard model with two orbitals having distinct noninteracting densities of states, we show that an orbital selective Mott transition (OSMT) will take place even without crystal field splitting, differ...
1407.5795v1
2014-07-31
Improving the Scalability of DPWS-Based Networked Infrastructures
The Devices Profile for Web Services (DPWS) specification enables seamless discovery, configuration, and interoperability of networked devices in various settings, ranging from home automation and multimedia to manufacturing equipment and data centers. Unfortunately, the sheer simplicity of event notification mechanism...
1407.8546v1